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Interestingly, this summer was the only sale I did not buy a single game from Steam. I felt I had what I wanted, and the games I was interested in did not go on sale. If this continue, I will survive this sale also.

amok: Interestingly, this summer was the only sale I did not buy a single game from Steam. I felt I had what I wanted, and the games I was interested in did not go on sale. If this continue, I will survive this sale also.

There are so many regular sales all over the place, that the scheduled sales have nearly lost all appeal.

yes I think so. Games has just gone down so much in price now on digital (except for day 1 sales) so it is easier to get what you want without the grand sales. Can't say it is a bad trend, I seem to spend more on games now then before...

SimonG: There are so many regular sales all over the place, that the scheduled sales have nearly lost all appeal.

This - heck I mostly don't even bother checking the steam sale page anymore as its often a good 30 odd games listed nearly every day! I just poke around my wishlist every so often or look at the first page only of discounts.

Gamers are being hit hard with mass sales - sadly it seems to be the current leading theory that you can't have too many sales. On the one hand its nice we get cheaper stuff; on the other hand its kind of pushing us more toward a market who are more willing to wait for stuff to hit sale prices because unless your AAA top rated you'll be on sale before you know it (and heck the indy scene do this badly, some of them jump onto bundle sales before they've even been out for months it seems!)

That said I've never understood why Steam always does their Autumn sale so darned late and so close to Christmas! Though I guess it is one last good attempt at personal purchases before everyone gets hammered in the wallet in christmas.

Foxhack: Yeah, Bethesda and Rockstar do this every sale. They raise the prices to fake a higher discount.

Edit: Wait a sec, I thought this practice was actually illegal in the US?

Maybe, maybe not--"We checked with the Washington Attorney General's Office who said it would only be considered "deceptive" pricing if the store didn't first try selling the items at the higher price, for a reasonable amount of time."